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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30
A Family in a Tree.

BEsN,EcT. DsK., March 25-It has b,,eu
learned that d N. Kennedy. wife and tire,
children ane held on Sibiey Island bv III,
flood, and for six days have been iiviue an
such food az they can save from the flood.
There is no hope of r-scuiug them until ia,
Hood subsidies, and their friends are distract
ed They cm be- seen through field ela-s,.
occupying ne>t built IN limb, of tree>
over tarce miles from shore.
Northern Pacific managers have abandon
ed hope Of removing the gorge by dynamit,
and cannot SAY when they Rill be able q
ship freight across the river Passengers ar,
being transferred by boat A party OF twelr,
attempting % cross from Mandan in a boat
"Wednesday evening were driven by wind and
ice into a willow Thicker and passed th,
night there momcn'arily expecting death
They we're rescued in the forenoon.
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A Mountain Miser and His Aged Wife
Found Dead and Robbed.

WHEELSe Mlr-h IA special from
GreenbHar county >ly> that the people Of
that section are greatly eNriteI over the
strange death of am old ifi-hmau uamed
Uncle John Wade auf his wife. both over
IS year. old and chjliics-. and living about
two miles from i.ew.s5ur1 ia hovel utterly
unfit for habitatou and I'm tac greatest >qua-
Tor They were known 10 have considerable
money some fit al interest. and could if
they desired have lived in comfort. Ye-tcr-
day d c1lorej woman bad ur,u-iou Go go Co.
the house and WAS horlhei ta fluid both JEc
old people dead The old man was sitting
by baske, with an car of corn iu bis band
thar hc had been ~H-.liu-. and near him "u
the hpor lay bis wife rl,y lad evidently
been 3ead several days Npta dollar could
Doe found IN the house An examination 1f
the bodies showed that they bad died from
natural CAUSES. They must have been r1b5.i
after death
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30

NASHVILLE Tnn., March 2i,--reDatpr
sherman. lis wifssnil i.lagiiier arrived here
this evening at 80. He was met AT Deca-
tur. Alabama by a committee of Legislators
from Nashville. who accompanied him here
He viii be escorted BY the Mayor aud Citi-
zens' Committed tomorrow morning and
viii deliver political speech in the House
Of Representatives tomorrow night;
BrENtSsHsM. Ala. March 25-AI, the pa
pers to-day condemn the proprietor Of the
Hotel Florence for refusing to allow colored
men to call ON senator sherman al his room
in the hotel yesterday The colored popula-
tion had turned cut in force TO pay their re
spect- 70 the visitor Many Of them con-
founded him with General Sherman and
were much dissatisfied when Manager Gown
declined to admit them
News Of this reached Mr. Sherman earS.
and his friend. General Warner, went down
to the office and asked the manager if il was
true colored men had been told they could
not 20 10 Sherman : room Receiving an
affirmative answer both General Warner
and Senator sherman paid their billsaJ once.
and went 20 the Metropolitan Hotel Mr.
sherman said the color of the man made no
difference, he did pot rac1gnize the right OF
any hotel proprietor 90 say whom he should
or should not receive.
To say that his colored constituents were
highly pleased is lo put it in mild form.
Al Chattanooga. Atlanta Decatur ruila-
homa, Nashville and elsewhere where the
news has penetrated, they are booming Sher-
man for all t1at is out, and in day or two
bis fame viii have spread throughout the en-
tire south
CHArrANooGA. Tenn, March gj.-Senayor
l>ham q Harris came in from Memphis To-
night and II i understood that he il loaded
70 the muzzle with speech in answer 10
sherman The latter viii speak in the Hall
of Representative on Thursday night. Har-
ris Will listen tn him and reply on Friday
night, senator Padgett of Chattanooga. said
iu me Tonight: am for sherman buj
just nov tine Republican party of Tennessee
Is for Blaine
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SENATOR SHERMAN is in the south talk
ing tariff 10 "a people that are just awak-
ening o. a knowledge Of the immense
resources Of their section, and crowds
flock 20 hear him. He avows himself "a
pupil Of the once famous protectionist
leader Henry Clay. and he is urging his
doctrine upon them with a force and a
power that, is stirring up Bourbonism to
its profoundest depths The day is not
far distant when the free trade chimera
now SO hotly pursued by the Southern
Democracy, win be abandoned, and there
will De return 10 the doctrine Of pro-
lection to American industry. the adyo-
cacy Of which made Henry Clay the
greatest statesman Of his generation.
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YOUNGSTOWN Tragedy.

Yorye-rowS. O.. March 2l-Early this
evening ID tragedy was enacted on -Coal srreet
in the southern part Of thc city. Ebenezer
~,auyard. aged p. instantly killed Ms Al
ioc Hauc1ck. the eldest daughter of William
Hancock. s. Hell-knowu iron worker at jae
min, ol Brown, Bolnel d Co. The mu--
dered girl started out for walk with VII
bur Knox a gentleman friend, and tie
couple had only proceeded short distance
when they met StIlyarl who without a
word Of warming began firing at the couple,
evidently iarudin. % Kin both Knox
.lg-llt tHe fellow Aud Ms Hancock started
ta ran llm- Stauyari in the meantime
,supyinI DIS revolver. At the seceul shot.
with cry ~ mgpler apou her lips, Ms.
Hluc,rk staggered aud fell. Stanyari shot
three times at Knox. who displayed nerve in
,le face ol almost certain death, but was un-
able 10 suuak h'm down, being his physical
inferior. and the murderer succeeded in IS
.uiu-.
Miss Hancock was taken into her residence
and it wa- found life was extinct. the bullet
having pierced her right temple aud lodged
in the brain
Knox 'iad the index finger of one hand
blown of and is nearly blinded with powder
MOTIVE FOR THE DEED.
Stanyarl lived next door to Miss Hancock
and his attentions being distas,cful she had
refused to have any further acquaintance
with him. it is thought this caused stan.
yard 10 dccid, on killing her, and when b,
saw her with Knox 10 might heconcluded 20
murder both Cpto midnight he had not
been captured ,hough large posse OF oil
rsr- are in pursuit. aud i' is believed he can
ulf c-o.pe
Miss Haurlrs YVES nearly : aud her trag
c death to-u.-I. cause, intense excitement
crowds surrounding she house at midnight
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Raced a Church.

WuEE,-BAREE March 2t-Before day
light this morning tine members Of the Nan
ticoke School Board, with the aid of a large
force of workmen. broke open she Bethel
Congregational Church. threw out all the fur
niiure and tore down the building. They
claimed the right 10 do tins under the viii of
the late John Mills, who left the land fos
school or church purposes.
1t Is claimed, further that the church so
ciety never obtained LEGAL possess. .ac
action Of the School Board has create in
tc.iise excitement al Nauticoke The church
trustees declare that they intend having ey-
e,y member Of the Board arrested uu erin
iual charges and that they viii ,u the
~-houl Board for heavy damages.
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Dynamitersin in Quebec.

QUEBDc, March 2S.-A dastardly attempt
10 destroy human life was made mere las,
night. While the French portion. of the sal
walton army were holding meeting IN JEFF
frey Hall school some person threw "a bomb
into ihe hall Ii exploded almost immedi-
atoly, and completely wrecked The front OF
the building No one was killed bur two or
three persons were seriously injured Tie
building was filed with smoke and the gas
was extineuished. Women screamed and
tainted and men rushed 10 and fro unable 10
realize what had occurred. II seems miraeu-
ious thai the inmates were not killed. sus-
pieion points 20 some respectfully connected
young men who have made themselves con
sPcuous in assaults upon members Of the
Army.
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Burned in their Beds.

BEs-EuFB. Mich. March 23-The boarding
house of Bond n Clancy, at the Colby mine.
was burned az about O'Clock this morning.
Twelve persons persisted in the flames The
building was a TWO story frame structure and
burned like tinder, leaving no time for alarm
l.lrr the fire was discovered Twenty-ono
b1,rdcrs occupied room, in the second story.
and twelve of them were sufiocated and
burned. Ofthc nine who escaped by Jump
ing from fhc windows several were seriously
.uiIrl. bu, none fatally The names Of the
dead vino were laborc-s at the Colby mine
ar. John sutton, John Lyons, Max Privc-
iaIl simon Rizze Henry Saam j. Brassa,
William " au- John Baal John Garycy.
I4u-- Ryan and two unknown The bodies
ago 80 completely charrcd a> 20 prevent iden-
titication There is no rlcw 10 the origin OF
the iir. the rtim~ were all single men
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30
sherman in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE Tenn, March y senator
John sherman spoketoan iinmen>e audience
in the legislative chamber tonight He>aid
that when he accepted the invitation Of Ten
nessee Republicans 10 address them he did
80 in the hope thar he might induce the
people Of Tennessee 20 join the Republican
party and follow its poiicy--a policy that
will contribute 10 the whoieeountry' growth
and advantage. He held thai the Constitu-
ton was not TO be strictly construed, like an
Indictment or a bond framed by Insurer,
but it was a charter Of liberty, 10 be constru-
e,i literally and 50 A. to carry out all the OBJ
jects Of its founders.
Mr. sherman reviewed the states rights
controversy, and said the repesil Of the Mis-
souri, COMPROMISE had driven she consetya-
tive Democrats and Wings Of the North into
the Republican party He spoke of Tennes-
sees part in the late war, and said the Re
publican party was pleged to see that every
citizen OF every State Is protected in all his
rights and privileges. Hepaid handsome
tribute to the vim and energy of the new
South. and then took up the tariff He said
the internal revenue taxes. yielding Slu0,
0000o0, conld be easily dispensed with az
any time without injury to amy one but
argued that the duties on imports could not
be done away with or reduced without dis
aster To American industry The Republican
party claimed that, while levied for revenue.
these import duties should be so arranged as
TO protect and foster and encourage American
workshops and workmen. Mr. sherman
claimed that the total manufacture Of u.e
United States have increased under the Re
publican policy of protection from Sl,So,-
01OO19 in 1sS6 TO over S5.51D0)0. .Ob0fn valne
in SSG. and over tivefold in quantity lu...e
production of all these articles there is now
free trade and close competition in the United
States, and tine price has been greatly reduced
un all OF them
Mr. sherman spoke in favor of liberal
system Of internal Improvements by the NJ
tioHal Government and said if President
Cleveland had lived west Of Ohio Le would
never had pocket-vetocd the River ald
lIarbor bill. He closed with an arruzumeH
pf the Dem0catic party for not proving .J-
campaign assertions that all the Republican
officials were dishonest They were to ''tura
tine rlseals out hut they found none IN 70
tlm ont, and had been compelled 90 give in
nearly every instance certificate Of good
character. They will hardly io ihc same. he
thought with some they have to put I'm.
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Dead Baby in a Can.

LONG BRAvcu March "a Frank Van Der
vccr was s,rol!ipg on the beach near South
Shrewsbury river yesterday. when his dog
bounded into a clump Of bushes and pulled
ont tim can wrapped uI, in piece of cloth.
Whom the can was opened the body ola baby
was found tightly packed and jammed down.
the skull was crushed in and the body hor-
ribly mutilatel That 1t had once been alive
was made evident hy an autopsy held later
Doctors think that death mus, have taken
place AZ least three weeks since
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30
Franklin County District Attorney
ship.

CHAMnEHsBURG, Mau-i - Tie recount OF
the votes p,Ilcd in the FIRST ward last fall, or
derel for the purpose Of determining the
contested district attorney matter, was COM
pleted to-nighi. 1t was ascertained that p
votes had been east which we're not counted
by the election board, giving Ilcharia> Deun-
ocriit. a majority ofs in the county. Plough.
Republican befpr, ia cllnt was made. hal
a majority of and has served as district at
torney during one oour. Judge Rowe viii
evidently decide ZachariaS the duly elected
otiif;ai
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30

We are bound TO say, atthe same time,
most experienced, most important, and
most impartial Of Democratic politicians.
in no way associated or connected with
.Iammany Hall or with the >,D, eNpress-
cd 20 us the opinion that if Mr. Cleve-
land should be the next Democratic can
didate, history has not recorded "a defeat
in a Presidential canvass equal TO tha,
which would await him.-Neu Yori S.u.
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Chambersburg Morals.

tHANHEESBUBe March 2i-The town was
thrown into excitement over an attempted
lynching last night which was uot known
until to-day. Frank Guyer. a painter is
aileised tp have t5r,AAen bis wife aud child
ren and taken zap hi> re~ideno. with auHber
woman last uieara man called him out
Instantly "a crowd OF ma>kci men surround
al him and commenced beating him After
pounding him they asked him % pr1mi-. TO
return 60 hi~ wife lie refused. when they
informed him they would tar and feather
him hang him tn the railroad bridge and
started 10 that direction with him Guyer
fought hard and finally was successful. in
making his escape. He was seriously iniur-
e'i and il confined totLe house There Is no
. clue 20 The perpetrators ot the deed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30

A lArE suggestion that two thirds. or a
majority of "a jury should bee made COM
peieni Go bind a verdict, mar been met
with an indignant protest from the legal
profession. But. why should twelve men
a. "a jury, be compelled to agree upon a
question Of fact, or on the application of
. law beion their decision L. accepted >
The maker> of the law-the senate ami
the Hous.-of either the Legislature. or
oi Congress, ane not bound % unanimous
iy agnee- The supreme court OF the Na-
ton or ola State is not required 10. nor j.
any Cour OF body of triers except petit
jury, compelled o. give a unanimous YER
dict la Pennsylyania the present meth
od Of selecting jury Is used as frequent
ly ior the rejection ar It is for the selec-
ton Of competent Jurors, and the system
h becoming farce instead OF a bulwark
lot the protection OF litigants. or Of those
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30

AFTER much travail. the President has
at last selected and announced the Iu1er-
state Commerce Commissioners. The
mcagernc-sof of the sl larry provided by the
law, barred out the best talent of the
country. and il Is generally accepted as "a
fact that. the best selections have been
made that circumstance would permit
Just why il was deemed necessary that
none but lawyers should Ill these posi-
tions is not apparent 10 the common pub
lie Two able lawyers with three eNper-
fenced practical laymen would, Ia our
Judgment, have constituted a better
board. The work of these Commissioners
must necessarily toe far reaching. onerouS
complicated searching and tedious, and
it, members must bring to their task
learning, integrity, patience and knowi-
edge Of the vast and intricate problem OF
Interstate Commerce The commercial
interests Of the entire country are depend
ent upon its administration of the law,
and business men everywhere await it,
action with intense interest
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8rsNAEck March 2t-Ail attempts 10
breuk the >u.ey Island gorge with dynamite
arewayliiiue. man was seen last evening
riding down tite river on "a cake Office. iranii-
-aliy calling for help, hut il was impossible
ta assist him. Twelve fimilie> near Licto-
uia had q most thrilling experience Afct
being on the rpoi> of the houses for twenty
four hours ihin crust formed over the river
and on this they walked to the shore. two
miles, some OF them broke through several
times but were rescued.
Fort Lincoln army officer, here are still OF
the opinion that the p,oIle opposite the POS;
on the lowiand,. south of the city. persisted
in the Hood A. the report, cpme in from
remote river districts the story of suffering
lld Jos, of iii.. Is intensified
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arraiened for violation of the laws Why
should twelve men, who probably would
never otherwise agree, be fonled to agree
when empanneled - a jury. and what
mvstic virtue isthere in this forced agree
,nentg Why should that be required Of
q iurv not learned in the law. which Is
not expected or required of the bodies
that make. or the courts that administer
the law As sole judges Of the facts,
twelve jurors are required 70 come TO a
unanimous conclusion, as sole judges Of
the law. courts are not thus compelled to
agree, bare majority being sufficient
Is there any good and valid reason for
this OF Is il not merely venerable legal
relic Of by-eone days that, would be more
honored in the breach than By ~ obser-
vance,
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TO Contest Millionaire's win.

Plrr,srR4. Nar-l, 2G.-rlere is talk of con-
t,~.,n., the will of the miilisnair. Nnchsar
Nr,-uIlousb win, died r,ro ,lav. s-, Iray.ug
-b.. hpjl oflti- rr,party te f,irni.,... .,Iau-s-
ter, ol. sister. Mrs. Annie Crlsi. .s 8'air--
yiI. PENN Concerning tim, a ,iu..iltr story
.,ri.. Fl, rte .urf.r. Mr. Grain ,i,,a-
maker Mr. v,CllIor..b wanted to brIs
him and ,lva him s5n,lapd todd him Il, %,
Fast. bpv IA st.,cb ANA o., int, tb,. ,.,,. bust
p,s. Mr. C-,ft ,o,i, tb,. money and won't
EI-r In abour q weal, ne returned
..velI d-l Won o.r ,,ur st,,, 30, .,,l,oI bi,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-30
sioHrY BUILDINGS BURNED.
Result Of the Confiagration at the
Chautauoua Assembly Grounds

CHAurArQuA. March = The lire AT the
Chautauqua Assembly grounds early tbs
morning destroyed eighty buildings, incliId-
ing several large boarding houses, among
diem the Eckeri and Parkhurst and Aiiing
houses. The total los viii probably exceed
100000 The fire started shortly before
midnight in the Curtis cottage on Simpson
avenue Il was caused by defective hue.
The buildings and cottages arr Of wood and
are close together. The fire spread rapidly
10 the adjoining cottages and the lack Of fire
apparatus and the scarcity OF help favored
tise flames. About sixty families remain on
the ground. during. the winter season. Citi-
zens from Nayville and the surrounding
towns arrived on the scene and greatly aided
the residents. The fire swept everything be-
fore ii. taking both sides Of simpson and
Symmetrical avenues from the Auditorium
20 The Hotel Athcneum It was with great
difficulty that the hotel was saved The alb
-ence Of high wind alone saved from destruc-
ton the large and costly structure.
The FIRE departments at Cory, Erie and
other cities were telesraphed for bat the
Cory Department alone responded A spe-
cial train WAS run from that city TO Mayville.
The heroic work Of the winter residents and
farmers from tine surrounding country un-
doubiedly prevented the destruction of the
entire assembly with its costly buildings and
500 cottages. All the cottages and boarding
houses in the burned district were furnished
and equipped. and very little furniture WAS
saved
Many Of the burned cottages on Simp- ~
avenue were rebuilt last year This was the
most fashionable avenue of the grounds
The cottages cost from 5000 10 sl5Ooo earH.
The loss J., divided a. follow, Thiriy-,ix
buildings on simpson avenue, rwenty-iour
buildings on symmetrical avenue. six cot
tag,s Oh Terrace avenue and three on He'd
ding avenue. The magnificent forest trees
shading these streets were burned and de-
-tIoyci
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knIed by a Rejected sultor

YOUNGSTOWN. o., March 35--M.s a
Hancock aged l. year, was shot dsii las.
night by Eb.uczer Stanyard, nr.-a,pr.
-.anyar1 j, a worthless fellow. said o.
weak minded. He was in love with Ms
Hncpck, but She had repuisci his aigtlce.
and refused 90 see him. IJ-te,sni1s she
pI~Scl Stauvar,is gate IN company with
Wilbur Knox . rival Of Stanyard the 'ter.
who was concealed behind the gate. ireiHpoa
them without warning IL fired .iN lmc,
in rapid succession. The girl was shpttIr,ug
rhe bead one bullet narrowly missed KNOX
and another struck his hand Knox pur
sued Sjnyarl. but the sJ~~a>sjn e, zap ...
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Hip Pocket Game in a Southern
Courtroom.

CHARLESTON, ;. e., March 36-At Newber-
ry to-day while a case was being tried before
Justice Bleaz, tieorsc Johnstoue aud john i
Jones. attorneys representing the parties to
the suit, pulled their pistols and opened fire
on each other Nine shots were fired John
stone Wa, shot through the right ear, in the
leii arm and ia the 'hizh, bat was not serious
Iy huri Jones was shot through the body
and perhaps fatally wounded In trying To
stop the firing lawyer Cromer had three
holes shot through hi- clothin. The court
room wa> crowded Sc the time OF the aHriy.
Both JohuStonc and Jones are highly com
nectcd and among the most prominent in
the community
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MILWAUKEE, Wis March 35-Commaii-
dcr-in-Chiei Fairchiid, Of the Grand Army of
thc Republic bias ISSUED general order in
relation to zine memorial at Washington. u
e., iu honor of thc .a-e General T. $ Grant
Commando Fair-iiii appoints q cummi,tc-,
fo Zoe known as the Grant Memorial Conn
mittre consisting nfuno member from each
department of which cunmifte- thc Com
mander-in-t hicf Will pe chairman
lie also suggests that on the 18th day OF
April next which will be the 65th anniycr-
sary on the birth oi General Grm. every
post oi the Grand Army ofthe Republicshall
bold q feast, at which contributions be asked
L.r Tho Ln.nLr-II
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NEw YORK. March PA syndicate has
been formed including senator Payne and
Mc,>r-. Burkeaul Rtchie, Of Ohio, E-aStu~
W.man and \ B. BI.lrinis D. of New York.
and James NcIaren. ui Ottawa. These gen
tieiqeu, 1t IS reported. not roatcni with ow-
ing ar-e properties IN the United states,
nave determined 20 purchase the best part of
Cauada For this pupose "a company will be-
organized with capital OF Siu.0Hojp. Every
iron nrnc in the United Provinces will be
brought up by this company, and it's ex-
pcctesl taat the mineral development will be
tine richest iu the word
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scalded to Death.

NgwAEs O.. March q 4-Jar,h Bread died
c-ivel ar Jle hands Of bis w.r on sunday
evening during 20 qlarra Tie c9lp'. hiI
frequently had trouble and 4a This occasion,
becoming exasPeraled. at some abuse of Beer
husband Nr- Bread threw pan oi boiling
water n bis face Sine Kept everybody out
OF the house after the -cald.nz but sins. bis
death she has be,ome q r.lyi14 maniac
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Another Case Where the the Gun
was Loaded.

iorK HAyEs, Pa, March 25.-J"-eI-
Flr5u a farmer living near FlrrmkSviiIe
was examining his rifle last evening as h.
SIT near the stove in hi, kitchen flcihouzt
the gun wa. not loaded bnt IL was. anda1i-
d.uty discharged The bullet struck t.a
stove throwing thc fragments Of broken ir'n
IN ill directions II wife sat near the stove
with 'he baby in her arms Several pirce-
OF iron struck her, one piece going through
hcr cheek. and half dozen others making
wounds un her neck aud breast. Noae of
the wounds are -gr.ou-.